BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– The first week of summer has brought hot temperatures and dry wind, the perfect combination for a spark. Bend Fire and Rescue wants to remind homeowners of some tips to keep your home safe. Isabella Warren is speaking with Dan Derlacki today to learn about the department’s efforts to reduce fire risk
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Summer’s here, and people looking to get in shape for the season could take some tips from Nolina, an elderly Oregon Zoo porcupine whose fitness routine is on point. This spiky senior citizen, who turned 20 Monday, is known for taking morning walks, which have kept her looking sharp in her
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced legislation Thursday that would require federal agencies to provide electric vehicle safety information, testing standards, and training materials for local first responders across the nation. Electric vehicles pose a unique challenge to first responders used to dealing with traditional vehicles. Batteries are often damaged in accidents, exposing the
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Bend’s newly approved update of its tree preservation rules could be compared to a tug of war and a complex math test, while doing a balancing act on a tightrope – strung between two big trees, of course.
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within old-growth forests that are increasingly threatened by climate change, with exceptions that include cutting trees to make forests less susceptible to wildfires, according to a U.S. government analysis obtained by The Associated Press. The analysis,
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Beaver Works Oregon, a program of Think Wild dedicated to supporting beaver in Oregon’s High Desert, recently planted and fenced off 5,180 willow, cottonwood and assorted riparian plants at both public and private riparian project sites throughout Central Oregon this spring. The goal is for the plants to establish and provide
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged, for the first time, the harmful role it has played over the past century in building and operating dams in the Pacific Northwest — dams that devastated Native American tribes by inundating their villages and decimating salmon runs while bringing electricity,
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CHILOQUIN, Ore. (KTVZ) —The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission, meeting in Chiloquin, adopted rules Friday to implement HB 3464 passed by the 2023 Oregon Legislature, also known as the “Beaver Bill,” which remove the complicated dual classification of beavers so they are now solely managed as furbearers (rather than predatory animals in some situations). The
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ASTORIA, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday a shellfish harvesting reopening after recent, historically high levels of paralytic shellfish poison that sickened at least 30 people. Razor clam harvesting has reopened on the north and central coast. Levels of the marine biotoxin paralytic
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350 Deschutes, opposed to a much-debated and litigated GTN XPress natural gas pipeline expansion through the region, staged a protest rally Thursday afternoon next to the Sunriver Village.
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999 and sets the stage for renewed clashes with animal rights activists. The Makah, a tribe of 1,500 people on
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NEWPORT, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gray whales that spend their summers feeding in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest coast have undergone a significant decline in body length since around the year 2000, a new Oregon State University study found. The smaller size could have major consequences for the health and reproductive success of the
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With no real opposition arising during a public hearing, Deschutes County commissioners indicated Wednesday they will choose the recommended “Moon Pit,” an aggregate mine east of Bend, as the location for the county’s next landfill.
Continue ReadingTWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management’s preferred alternative for a proposed large-scale wind energy farm in southern Idaho would shrink its size by nearly half and move it farther from a national historic site. The proposed Lava Ridge wind farm has drawn opposition from government leaders, local ranchers, and people
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Deschutes County commissioners will hold a public hearing Wednesday morning on the recommended location for the county’s next landfill, the “Moon Pit’ east of Bend, an aggregate mine in the eastern part of the county.
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Senator Jeff Merkley, in Prineville for a town hall Sunday, also visited two of the dozens of homes dealing with manganese contaminating their water, which they say is caused by a nearby gravel mine. Merkley, whose hand was covered by black sludge from the water in one home’s toilet, is pressing state agencies to get
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Get outside and move in the name of climate action! That’s what The Environmental Center is challenging Central Oregonians to do this summer, as they launch their biggest fundraising campaign yet: the Climate Movement Challenge. As they celebrate 35 years as a local nonprofit organization with a mission to embed sustainability
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ASTORIA, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Unified Command is concluding its operation to address the presence of tar balls on the Oregon and southern Washington coasts. “As we wrap up, we want to ensure that the public remains informed and feels confident about returning to our beautiful beaches,” a joint statement issued Friday said, continuing below:
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SHASTA LAKE, Calif. (KGW/KTVZ) — It was a messy Memorial Day weekend on a Northern California lake, and some University of Oregon students are partially to blame, according to officials. The U.S. Forest Service told KGW they always expect large crowds in May, and say every Mother’s Day and Memorial Day weekends bring lots of
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By Samantha Young for KFF Health News in collaboration with Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon is shipping air conditioners, air purifiers and power banks to some of its most vulnerable residents, a first-in-the-nation experiment to use Medicaid money to prevent the potentially deadly health effects of extreme heat, wildfire smoke, and
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